An asymptotic result for Brownian polymers

Annales de l'institut Henri Poincare (B) Probability and Statistics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-46

  Mountford, Thomas ^a   Tarrès, Pierre ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Almost sure law of large numbers; Repulsive interaction; Self interacting diffusions; Superdiffusive process

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549147080     PISSN: 02460203     EISSN: 02460203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/07-AIHP113     Document Type: Article

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